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Acuva Technologies Launches Next-Generation Water Purification System
Acuva Technologies Inc.—a company based in B.C. that designs, manufactures, and integrates UV-LED drinking water purification systems—recently announced two new additions to its growing...
OWA Applauds Proposed Amendment to Ontario Water Resources Act
The Ontario Waterpower Association (OWA) is extremely pleased with the provincial government’s inclusion of a key amendment to the Ontario Water Resources Act in...
Mayor of Ajax Issues Statement on Provincial Decision that Impacts Local...
The mayor of Ajax, Shaun Collier, has issued a statement in response to a decision made by the Ontario government that impacts treatment requirements...
Alberta Confirms Funding for Flood Resilience Projects in 2019 Budget
Alberta’s 2019 Budget includes more than $43 million for 15 projects that will increase flood resilience in municipalities and Indigenous communities across the province.
“Albertans...
National News
Water Prices Increasingly Unaffordable for Low Income Households
Environmentalists and water economists have long argued that Canadian households have not conserved water in part because it is priced at excessively low levels.
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York University Research Uses AI to Predict Flood Risk in Real...
Researchers from York University can now predict river water levels days in advance of floods using artificial intelligence and data from two rivers: the...
International News
LIFT SEE IT Accepting Applications for Travel Scholarships in 2020
Scholarships are available once again to enable utility personnel to visit other utilities with innovations of interest through the Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology...
Solar & Wind Energy Can Help Improve Water Resource Use
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) researchers explored optimal pathways for managing groundwater and hydropower trade-offs for different water availability conditions as...
